but its true though... i mean there may come a day when you are backed into a corner and have to take a shot at a flower corvette, but if thats the case you have already made a series of tactical and/or judgemental errors OR you just got caught way off guard.
under normal operations - the way i see it, and this is just my opinion - there is virtually no point in even taking that shot.
The object of the game is to find and sink the big ships... thats really all there is to it.
your sole purpose as a u-boat commander is to blockade England from vital war materials and supplies
you accomplish this objective by only one means - engage enemy shipping with your concentration of fire being directed at the ships which can carry the most numerous or the most vital of war goods.
this translates to sinking large cargo ships and tankers. flower corvettes and destroyers (in fact most warships) dont even make the list. an unharmed allied warship is in fact helping you accomplish your objective of depriving england of vital war materials. it helps you because as long as the warship is afloat - it consumes fuel, it consumes oil, it consumes manpower, it consumes armament. if you sink the inbound fuel, oil, manpower and armament faster than they are able to replace it... your side is winning.
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